The Themes In Of Mice And Men
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John Steinbeck wrote a naturalistic novel that deals with three powerful and universal themes. His book Of Mice and Men is a story of two men living during the Great Depression in California. George Milton has taken care of Lennie Small since his Aunt Clara died, and they are now traveling and wo ....
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.... of that day. Yet in this case, the plot develops to the point where their dream seems more attainable with Candy’s involvement. But here lies the tragedy of this classic novel. Their dream turned into a cliché of a line in Robert Burns’ poem where he writes that “the best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley.” Their dream seemed it would become a success until a tragic event brought failure.
The novel brings about the question of whether or not human life has a pur ....
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